Public Sector Unions Being Hit in the Pocket Book – HARD!

TThanks to the recent Supreme Court ruling public sector unions like SEIU are being hammered in the pocket book. The good news is that means the Democratic Party will get hammered in the pocket book.

The ruling, Quinn v Harris, put a stop to the practice of forcing people like home health care providers, who are often caring for relatives, into joining a union and paying mandatory dues. The nation, and workers like Ms. Harris who brought the suit against the state of Illinois, is better for this victory.

A number of states with liberal Democratic governors and legislatures – California being the most prominent – had passed rules requiring labor union membership and dues. That’s all over now.

“In light of the uncertainty created by the United States Supreme Court’s June 30, 2014, decision in Harris v. Quinn, the union has asked the State to cease deduction of your fair-share fees. No such fees will be deducted from your future paychecks,” the July 8 letter said.

In the wake of the Quinn Harris ruling, the NRTW Foundation began filing similar suits in other states with similar practices. The SEIU in Massachusetts and Minnesota ended the dues schemes before those cases could proceed to trial, an acknowledgement that they could not survive the precedent established in Quinn v. Harris.

This decision will cost unions like SEIU and AFSCME up to 500,000 members at about $500 per year each. That adds up to about $250 million in lost dues and lost donations to the Democratic Party.

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Michael Becker is a long time activist and a businessman. He's been involved in the pro-life movement since 1976 and has been counseling addicts and ministering to prison inmates since 1980.
Becker is a Curmudgeon. He has decades of experience as an operations executive in turnaround situations and in mortgage banking. He blogs regularly at The Right Curmudgeon, The Minority Report, Wizbang, Unified Patriots and Joe for America. He lives in Phoenix and is almost always armed.

In 2008 my life changed when Barack Obama came into my front yard on a campaign stop. I asked him why he wanted to raise taxes, and he said that he wanted to “spread the wealth.” Since then, I have gained a national following as “Joe the Plumber” and now travel the country speaking and encouraging other everyday folks to get involved in the political process.